Aristarchus of Samos, the ancient Copernicus; a history of Greek astronomy to Aristarchus, together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the sizes and distances of the sun and moon (1913)
Heath, Thomas Little, Sir, 1861-1940, Aristarchus, of Samos. On the sizes and distances of the sun and moon. English & Greek. 1913 · Oxford : Clarendon press · leaf 400
5th part of Β A. And CE is double ofBC; therefore CE is less than2/45ths of AB. Now CE is the diameterof the moon, while Β A is the distanceof the centre of the moonfrom our eye. Therefore the diameterof the moon is less than2/45ths of the distance of the centre of the moon from our eye. I say next… … Fig. 29. 388 ON THE SIZES AND DISTANCES νπο των BTA εστίν ϊση, αλλά και ή νπο των ΒΑΤ τή νπο τωνΘΓΒ εστίν ϊση, λοιπή άρα ή νπο των ΔΕΤ λοιπή τή νπο τωνΘΒΓ εστίν ϊση ίσογώνιον άρα εστίν το Τ ΔΕ τρίγωνον τω ΑΒΓτριγώνω. εστίν άρα, ω? ή ΒΑ προς AT, όντως η ΕΤ προς ΤΔ- 5 και εναλλάξ, ω? ή ΑΒ προ? ΤΕ,…
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